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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cisky Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cisky Park and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Cisky Park:
- 28.794713, -81.849246
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Cisky Park
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Cisky Park is near Sumter County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Cisky Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cisky Park ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Eldorado
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Fruitland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lane Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lane Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Park
- Leesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Orange Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orange Bend is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bend
- Pumpkin Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Silver Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Sunnyside
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Cisky Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cisky Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cisky Park and extending to:
- Tavares, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the East.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Cisky Park to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 749 miles [1,205.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,553 miles [10,546 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,121 miles [8,241.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cisky Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Cisky Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cisky Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7947, Longitude: -81.8492 In this case, the coordinates for Cisky Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.566 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.039 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.517 degrees. |
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